Detecting expression of 5T4 in CTCs and tumor samples from NSCLC patients.

The fetal oncogene 5T4 is a cell surface protein, with overexpression observed in a variety of cancers as compared to normal adult tissue. The ability to select patients with tumors that express high levels of 5T4 may enrich a clinical trial cohort with patients most likely to respond to 5T4 targete...

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Main Authors: Steven R Pirie-Shepherd, Cory Painter, Pamela Whalen, Pamela Vizcarra, Marc Roy, Jesse Qian, Tania Franks, Tim Coskran, Jon Golas, Shibing Deng, Wenyan Zhong, Eric Tucker, Dena Marrinucci, Hans-Peter Gerber, Eric L Powell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5519031?pdf=render